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dc.contributor.author | Hughes, M | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-11-19T15:12:37Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-11-19T15:12:37Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Small Wars and Insurgencies. 20 (3) 528-550 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0959-2318 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/3864 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This article details two largely unreported atrocities by British forces operating against Arab rebels during the Arab revolt, 1936-39, at the Palestinian villages of al-Bassa and Halhul. It then examines the military-legal system that underpinned and authorized British military forces operating in aid of the civil power, suggesting that the law in place at the time allowed for a level of reprisals and punitive actions, such as happened at al-Bassa and Halhul. The article does not conclude that the law allowed for atrocities but it does argue that it gave a basic form and understanding to an operational method that was brutal and could lead to atrocities. It thus tests the idea in much of the literature on counter-insurgency that the British were restrained and used minimum force when compared to other colonial and neo-colonial powers fighting insurgents. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Taylor and Francis | en |
dc.subject | Palestine | en |
dc.subject | Arab Revolt | en |
dc.subject | al-Bassa | en |
dc.subject | Halhul | en |
dc.subject | Counter-insurgency | en |
dc.subject | Imperial Policing | en |
dc.subject | Military Law | en |
dc.subject | Atrocities | en |
dc.subject | British Army | en |
dc.subject | Palestine Police | en |
dc.subject | Brutality | en |
dc.subject | Guerrillas | en |
dc.subject | Rebels | en |
dc.subject | Insurgents | en |
dc.subject | Minimum Force | en |
dc.title | The practice and theory of British counter-insurgency: The histories of the atrocities at the Palestinian villages of al-Bassa and Halhul, 1938-39 | en |
dc.type | Research Paper | en |
Appears in Collections: | History Dept of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers |
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